Trace-buckle



(No Mode1.)

' P. WETST'EIN & F. H. ,DYGKMAN.

TRACE BU 'KILE. No. 294,942. Patented Mar. 11, 1884.'

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FERDINAND WETSTEIN AND FRANK HAMILTON DYOKMAN, OF SLEEPY EYE, MINNESOTA.

TRACE-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,942, dated March11, 1884.

Application filed July 9,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FERDINAND WET- STEIN and FRANK HAMILTON DYOKMAN, of

- Sleepy Eye, in the county of Brown and State of Minnesota, haveinvented a new and Im provedTrace-Buckle, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description. 1

Reference is to be had-to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a sectional elevation-of our new and improved trace holderor buckle, showing corresponding holes, a a, made in the edges of thebox 0 and through the eye B of the trace, as shown in the drawings.

Theeye B is by preference made of metal,

. and is formed with the tang-plate b, which has suitable holes madethrough it, through which the rivets c 0 pass, for riveting the eye B toor within the forward end of the trace A.

The box 0 is by preference made of malleable cast-iron, and the holes a,made in its lower edge,are screw-threaded, to receive the screw-threadedend of the pin D, so that when the pin D is passed through one of theholes, a, and through the eye B and screwed firmly in the correspondinghole, a, in the lower edge of the box 0, it will hold the traceA in thebox 0 in a safe and reliable manner; and there are several of thecorresponding holes,

a a, made along the edges of the'box C, so

that the trace A may be adjusted as to length in the box 0 by simplyremoving the pin D and placing it in different holes a a, the trace Abeing, of course, before replacing the pin D, accordingly moved in thebox 0, to cause the eye B to register with the holes a a, in which thepin D is to be placed for shortening or lengthening the trace.

For attaching the box O to the liame-tugof the harness, we form orprovide the box 0 at its forward end with the loop or rod E; and

at its edges, at or near the center of its length,

we form or provide the box 0 with the loops F F, by means of which theback-pad and belly-band of the harness may be readilyattached to theboxO.

Constructed in this manner, it will be seen that the buckle is cheap,durable, and practical, and will effect a saving both in material andlabor in the manufacture of harnesses, since it takes the place ofleather portions now used, and no stitching is required.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a trace-buckle, the box 0, provided with the end loop or rod, E,the edge loops F at or near the center of its length, and holes a a, andadapted to receive the end of a trace, and to be secured thereto by apin passing through the holesand an eye in the'end of the trace,substantially as herein shown and described. Y

2. Thetrace- A, provided with eye B, in combination with the box 0,having the series of holes a a made in its edges, and the pin D, adaptedto pass through the said holes and the eye B, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

FERDINAND WETSTEIN. FRANK HAMILTON DYCKMAN.

Vitnesses:

S. D. SOUDDER, O. ALLEN.

